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Uniform Guidance Update
During today’s AVA Connect Conversation, there was lengthy discussion around Uniform Guidance Updates. Administrators were not completely clear about effective dates and had a few other related concerns about some of the new requirements. Some administrators offered to share some information that they had been provided, or that they had found through their own research, or feedback […]
AVA Connect – August 21, 2024
Good afternoon to everyone! Our next AVA Connect Conversation of 2024 will be on August 21, 2024 at 2:00pm EST. Our current plan for this call is to keep it as an open-agenda meeting where you can discuss any topic that you are hoping to get feedback from your colleagues about. We are open to discussing […]
STOP TA Clinic – August 19, 2024
In case you did not receive the following information from ALSO STAAR, I am attaching some information about a STOP TA Clinic they are hosting on Monday, August 19, 2024. Here’s the core of what was sent out. Join us at the STOP TA Clinic on Monday, 8/19! U.S. Department of Justice Framework for Prosecutors to […]
STOP and SASP Allocations
See below for links to the State and Territory allocations for both the STOP and the SASP Formula Grants in the event that you may not have seen them yet. Have a great weekend! Barry FY 2024 STOP Allocations FY 2024 SASP Allocations
AVA/OVW Conversation of 7/8/24
The following is a brief overview of our conversation on Monday with OVW leadership and OVW Program Managers. The topics were discussed briefly and the core of what was discussed is outlined below. STOP Progress Reporting AVA Board members provided OVW staff with feedback on how smoothly this process went for Administrators. Most Board members […]
AVA Board Members Effective Immediately
Good morning and an early Happy Fourth of July! Following AVA’s Annual Meeting last week, nomination ballots were completed by AVA members. A link to the list of current AVA Board members is below this email. On July 19th, 2024, the new Board will meet for the first time and elect officers. We will send […]
A Note from the AVA President
At the recent Peer to Peer held in Wisconsin on June 11-12, 2024 AVA presented out-going Executive Director Barry Bryant with a plaque and our thanks for his many years of service to AVA. Barry was/is a lifelong Cincinnati Reds fan so we also got him a personalized jersey with his name and the number […]
AVA Peer to Peer – Wisconsin, June 11-12, 2024
AVA held their ninth Peer-to-Peer meeting in Madison, Wisconsin on June 11-12, 2024. Twenty VAWA Administrators from across the U.S. participated in this resource and information sharing conversation. Peer-to-Peers began in 2016 to allow administrators to create an agenda which they design that includes discussion of topics they are challenged by – and ways to […]
AVA Annual Meeting – Update – change of date!
Good morning/afternoon. We wanted to reach out to let you know that we are going to reschedule our AVA Annual Meeting. The new meeting date is now scheduled for June 27th, 2024 at 2:00pm EST. When we set the original date of June 20th, there was no date yet established for the STOP […]
2024 STOP Formula Grant Application – Quick Guide
ALSO STAAR sent out a link today that you likely have already received. In case you did not, the link below is for a Quick Guide to the 2024 STOP Formula Grant Application. This information looks like it could be very helpful/useful to each of you. https://files.constantcontact.com/92514739301/07ae8bae-aad9-4685-ba8f-bcf47932d139.pdf This is the message that accompanied their email: […]